• a5_backup_filename Function
• a5_get_tempfile_name Function
• a5_getaddinlibraryfilename Function
• a5_getaddinlibrarylistfilename Function
• a5_getapplicationdatafilename Function
• a5_getappserveractivationfilename Function
• a5_getappserverconfigfile Function
• a5_getcodelibraryfilename Function
• a5_gethelpfilename Function
• a5_getstylesheettablefilename Function
• a5_getsystemmenusfilename Function
• a5_getsystemtoolbarsfilename Function
• a5_gettransformhistoryfilename Function
• a5_getuserdatafilename Function
• A5_Qualify_Filename Function
• A5_SHORTEN_FN Function
• FILENAME_ABSOLUTE Function
• FILENAME_DECODE Function
• FILENAME_ENCODE Function
• FILENAME_FROM_ALIAS Function
• FILENAME_IS_RELATIVE Function
• FILENAME_RELATIVE Function
• FILENAME_TO_ALIAS Function
• GET_UNIQUE_FILENAME Function
• IMAGE_FILENAME_ENCODE Function
• TOKEN_NAME_INCREMENT Function

TOKEN_NAME_INCREMENT Function

Syntax

Arguments

string

The name of a file.

max_length

Controls the maximum length of the resulting Unique_Filename.

Description

TOKEN_NAME_INCREMENT() returns a unique file name derived from Filename by adding a sequence number. Incrementing a name value is useful for creating unique names when a name already exists.

Example

output_file = "customer"
while file.exists(:a5.get_shared_path() + chr(92) + output_file + ".pdf")
    output_file = token_name_increment(output_file)
end while

See Also

• Filename Functions